Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft’s mixed-reality ambitions are reaching into realms of industrial design and product engineering. The Redmond, Wash., software and cloud services provider announced that its Simplygon automatic 3D data optimization software now supports two formats used by computer-aided design (CAD) software packages. Acquired by Microsoft in early 2017, Simplygon enables video game developers to trim complex […]

Months after initially announcing Azure Databricks in November 2017 at the Connect 2017 conference in New York City, Microsoft officially made the cloud service available on March 22. Based on the Apache Spark framework for big data processing, Azure Databricks is aimed at organizations looking for a running start on their large-scale data analytics and […]

Windows Insiders, folks who are enrolled in Microsoft’s early-access and feedback program, can now get their first peek at how Windows Server 2019 will handle their enterprise workloads. Windows Server 2019 represents one of two “servicing models” Microsoft is now using to deliver the operating system to customers, and it is the one targeted at […]

Organizations using Power BI for their analytics needs will soon have an easier time of unearthing insights that are trapped in disparate business applications. At the Microsoft Business Forward event in Amsterdam March 21, the software giant announced new functionality called the Common Data Service (CDS) for Analytics, which will be available in Power BI […]

Workday and Slack are teaming up to help employees access human resources information and complete related tasks without bouncing between apps. The companies announced an upcoming integration on March 21 that will enable Workday users to directly interact with the human capital management platform using Slack, the popular chat-based collaboration tool. Beginning in the fall […]

Microsoft and BlackBerry announced a strategic partnership to improve mobile security while workers toil away on Office 365 content using their Apple iOS and Android devices. On March 19, the companies took the wraps off BlackBerry Enterprise Bridge, an app that enables organizations that use BlackBerry Dynamics to run Microsoft’s native Office apps within the […]

Technicians, field workers and other professionals looking for a legitimate reason to don a mixed-reality headset at work can now build a stronger case with a new app from Microsoft. The software giant has released a beta version of a Power BI app for Mixed Reality, allowing workers to explore the business intelligence and data […]

Samsung Galaxy S9+ Has Familiar Looks and Powerful New Features Another year, another flagship smartphone from Samsung. For 2018, the electronics maker isn’t straying far from the winning design that made the Galaxy S8 and S8+ a best seller. At first glance it’s tough to tell the new Galaxy S9 and S9+ apart from their […]

Microsoft is giving Windows developers another reason to look forward to this spring’s Windows 10 feature update, code-named Redstone 4. The Redmond, Wash., software giant announced on March 7 that the next major system software update will introduce Windows ML, a set of new components that will enable coders to imbue their apps with artificial […]

Surface Pro With 4G LTE Brings Always-On Connectivity to Road Warriors First Look: Microsoft’s Surface Pro with LTE went on sale in December 2017, but with one big catch. To obtain one, the buyer technically had to qualify as a business customer. Now, anyone in the U.S. and Canada can preorder one online with a […]